THE EFFECT OF PLEASANT AUDIO STIMULATION ON THE LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS OF COMA- TOSE PATIENT: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIAL

FARZAD RAHIMI1, KAMAL SALEHI2, JAMAL SEIDI2,*

1Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran - 2Clinical Care Research Center, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran

 Background: Sensory isolation and the type of sensory stimuli are major challenges in providing care for patients in coma.

Objectives: The present study was conducted to determine the effect of pleasant audio stimulation on the level of consciousness of comatose patient

Methods: The present randomized, single blind clinical trial was conducted in the intensive care units of Kermanshah education- al hospitals, Iran, 2018. Seventy patients were selected randomly and allocated into two groups of intervention and control. Pleasant audio stimulants, such as the voice of family members or favorite music, were played on headphones for ten minutes during the week for subjects in the intervention group; The level of consciousness was recorded prior to, immediately after, and ten minutes after inter- vention every day for one week in two groups. Based on using SPSS-25 Collected data was analyzed by t-test and repeated measures analysis of variance.

Results: Except for the first and second days of the intervention, the increase in the level of consciousness of the subjects in the intervention group was significant in comparison with the subjects in the control group (p <0.05).

Conclusion: The findings show that pleasant audio stimuli increase the level of consciousness of the patients who are hospital- ized in intensive care units over time.